huxley

Hux·ley

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [huhks-lee]
- /ˈhʌks li/
- /ˈhək.sli/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [huhks-lee]
- /ˈhʌks li/

Definitions of huxley word

noun huxley Aldous (Leonard) [awl-duh s] /ˈɔl dəs/ (Show IPA), 1894–1963, English novelist, essayist, and critic. 1
noun huxley Sir Andrew Fielding, 1918–2012, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963 (half brother of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell). 1
noun huxley Sir Julian Sorell [sor-uh l] /ˈsɒr əl/ (Show IPA), 1887–1975, English biologist and writer (brother of Aldous). 1
noun huxley Thomas Henry, 1825–95, English biologist and writer (grandfather of Aldous and Sir Julian Sorell Huxley). 1
noun huxley Aldous (Leonard) (ˈɔːldəs). 1894–1963, British novelist and essayist, noted particularly for his novel Brave New World (1932), depicting a scientifically controlled civilization of human robots 0
noun huxley his half-brother, Sir Andrew Fielding, 1917–2012, English biologist: noted for his research into nerve cells and the mechanism by which nerve impulses are transmitted; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine shared with Alan Hodgkin and John Eccles 1963; president of the Royal Society (1980–85) 0

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huxley popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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